Hey Adit,<div><br></div><div>I took Dan&#39;s class when he just got on board (over a year ago) and really enjoyed it. I haven&#39;t been back in an age, but glad to hear you&#39;re thinking of keeping it alive.</div><div>

<br></div><div>One thing about Invent with Python: Al does a great job of giving an overview of Python. However, the book is written for kids, so everything is spelled out -- there&#39;s little to challenge the adult user to try and figure things out on his own. Personally, I find this critical to my understanding of a programming language.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I still think it&#39;s a great book, but may be better served if it could be supplemented with test questions/homework problems to apply what&#39;s learned.</div><div><br></div><div>Laura<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

Mark himself has said that Dive Into Python has become outdated and he hasn&#39;t had time to update it. I was thinking of going with Al&#39;s book for this class. Game dev looks like a popular way of getting into coding and I think it&#39;s because of the payoff at the end where you get to play your own game. I looked over the book and it has the kind of projects that people would sincerely enjoy working on. Overall I think we will have the most fun with that book.<br>

<br>I&#39;m picturing the class as a beginner&#39;s intro to programming, with Python as the language of choice and Invent With Python as the book of choice. I&#39;m down for running the classes. If anyone else is interested in tag-teaming it, or if people want to come and talk about specialized topics intermittently, I would be down for that too.<br>

<br>Daniel, I have questions for you about what you&#39;ve covered so far...maybe we should take that conversation off the NB mailing list?<br><br><br>Adit<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">